The 41st Nordic Orchestra Conference, Oulu, Finland
The 41st Nordic Orchestra Conference will be held in Oulu, Finland on September 20-22, 2017. All orchestra managers and other representatives of Nordic orchestras are warmly welcome to take part. We are very happy to invite you to join us in Oulu in the centenary of Finland´s independence. In the conference we will be discussing for "Best practices in community involvement”, "How to survive the inevitable change in the orchestra field”, "Opportunities and challenges in private funding” and "Challenges of digitalization”. Our key note speakers are Ragnar Lund (SWE), Hannes de Vries (NL), Søren Friis Møller (DK) and Katri Saarikivi (FIN).
The conference sessions will be held at Oulu Music Centre and Oulu City Theatre. In addition to the in-depth talks, we can hear a concert by the Oulu Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Gustavsson and enjoy a delightful social life with our wonderful orchestral "family”.
Welcome to the conference!
To be sure of getting a room at our conference hotel, the Radisson Blu Hotel Oulu, please send your registration before August 25th. Tel. 020 1234 730, sales.oulu[at]radissonblu.com.
Code SINFONIA. A single room 105 €, a double room 125 €.
The fee for the full conference is 520 €. If you want to join the tour from the river delta to country side, smoke sauna and traditional Finnish dinner on Friday, you will pay additional fee
75 €. Please send your registration before August 30th.
Please pay the fee to our IBAN Account:
Suomen Sinfoniaorkesterit ry
FI83 5724 1120 0177 95
OKOYFIHH
Please mention the participant´s name.
More information:
The Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras:
Helena Värri, Executive Director +358 50 556 9781, helena.varri[at]sinfoniaorkesterit.fi
Elina Tuomola, Secretary +358 40 594 3079, elina.tuomola[at]sinfoniaorkesterit.fi
Oulu Symphony Orchestra:
Leena Pälli, General Manager +358 44 703 7210, leena.palli[at]ouka.fi
Katariina Kummala, Marketing +358 44 703 7220, katariina.kummala[at]ouka.fi
Virpi Länkelä, Sales +358 44 703 7221, virpi.lankela[at]ouka.fi
Open wireless network: panOULU
The Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras reserves all rights to changes in the conference programme.
YOU WILL FIND THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW THE PROGRAMME INFORMATION.
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 20th of September
Tulindberg Hall, Oulu Music Centre, Leevi Madetojankatu 1-3, Oulu
09:30 – 10:45 Registrations in Oulu Music Centre
10:00 Bus from Radisson Blu Hotel to the Tulindberg Hall
10:45 – 11:00 Welcome, Chairman of the Education and Culture committee Satu Haapanen
11:00 – 11:45 Country reports / panel hosted by Gordon Alsing, (DK)
Denmark: Asbjørn Keiding
Finland: Helena Värri
Iceland: Arna Kristín Einarsdóttir
Norway: Rolf Lennart Stensø
Sweden: Christian Rimmerfeldt
11:45 – 12:00 Coffee
12:00 – 12:40 100 years of Music in Finland Minna Lindgren, Music Writer and Journalist
12:40 – 13:00 Introduction of "The Heirs of Sibelius" Project Minna Lindgren & Annu Mikkonen, Executive Director of the Society of Finnish Composers
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Opportunities and challenges in private funding
Key Note Speaker Ragnar Lund, Researcher and Lecturer, KHT Royal Institute of Technology
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee
15:15 – 16:45 Best practices in community involvement in the nordic countries
Annika Kukkonen (Fin): Music education for young children
Uffe Savery (Den): The open orchestra - a new digital approach to reaching audiences
Marco Feklistoff (Swe): The open library - how to order arrangements together for the outreach?
Marie Teresie Sørensen (Nor): #MozReq2017 – Old requiem, young pain (Kilden Dialogue)
Arna Kristín Einarsdóttir (Is): About Lullabies and teenage heart break
17:00 Bus to the hotel
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20:00 Dinner at the City Hall, Kirkkokatu 2a, Oulu
Thursday 21st of September "Times are changing.”
Tulindberg Hall, Oulu Music Centre, Leevi Madetojankatu 1-3, Oulu
9:30 Bus from the hotel to the Tulindberg Hall
10:00 – 11:00 From democratization of culture to cultural democracy. Organizational and managerial changes for symphony orchestras.
Søren Friis Møller, External lecturer, PHD, B.A, Copenhagen Business School
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
11:15– 11:45: The renewal process of the state subsidies in Finland
Helena Mustikainen, Project Director of Sitra Fund
11:45 – 12:30 The change in the orchestra field in the Netherlands and how they survived it.
Key Note Speaker: Hannes de Vries, Co-owner at GE#sharp artists events, Member of the board of the International Artist Managers´ Association
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Auditions from the musician’s perspective.
Lucy Abrams, Clarinetist, Oulu Symphony Orchestra
14:00 – 15:00: HR Policies on senior musicians.
Hanna Fontana, HR manager of Finnish National Opera and Ballet
15:00 – 15:15 Summary
15:30 Bus to the hotel
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18:00 Eftermiddagsöl, Radisson Blu Hotel, Sassi Bar, Lobby
18:30 Bus from the hotel to the Madetoja Hall
19:00 Oulu Symphony Orchestra concert at the Madetoja Hall
Johannes Gustavsson, conductor
Jamie Barton, mezzosoprano
Juha Pisto: Symphony no 1 (first performance)
Lili Boulanger: D’un soir triste
Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder
Intermission hosted by the International Artist Managers´ Association (IAMA) Chairman Aino Turtiainen-Visala
Bus to the hotel leaves after the concert. Dinner by your own cost.
Friday 22nd of September
Oulu City Theatre, Pikisali, Kaarlenväylä 2, Oulu
9:00 – 10:00: Music as a gateway to empathy in the digital realm
Key Note Speaker Katri Saarikivi, Cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Helsinki
10:00 – 10:45 Can orchestra field benefit from the game industry and vice versa?
Tony Manninen, CEO of Ludocraft, designing games and play
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 12:00: The future leadership in the orchestra field
Vesa Puhakka, Professor of Management at the University of Oulu´s Business School.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch, Theatre Restaurant Vänmanni
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14:15 Gathering at the hotel
14:30 Oulu Tour from the river delta to country side.
Additional fee 75 €. Please wear sporty casual, waterproof, windproof, everything proof. Bring your swim suit. Towels provided by the host.
Experience:
- M/S Alexandra - smoke sauna - traditional Finnish dinner
22:00 – Bus back to the city
YOU WILL FIND THE REGISTRATION FORM HERE: